Utopia-work

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of work required, per person, is small. "In several of the necessary crafts, their way of life requires less total labor than does that of people elsewhere." When there is less work for each member of the community to perform, the opportunity to shrink the average work day arises. This allows for more free time in which the people can pursue their interests.
The overall principle behind Utopian function of work is based upon the idea that when work is needed servicing the community to achieve the goal of communal benefit, it is the main priority. And when work is not needed, Utopia relies on the fact that, "the chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to withdraw their time and energy from the service of the body, and devote themselves to the freedom and culture of the mind." And the happiness one achieves by fulfilling their interests, can be equated to the happiness achieved in working as a ...

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